Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 253 Conversation with all the emperors of the Han Dynasty

Going back to the Song Dynasty and talking to the great ancestor Zhao Kuangyin, you can meet the eighteen emperors of the Song Dynasty in the first episode.

When this episode ended, there was a lot of discussion on the Internet.

Since the eighteen emperors of the Song Dynasty can gather together, so that all audiences can experience all the emperors of a great dynasty in one episode, why not continue?There were also dozens of emperors in the Han Dynasty, as well as in the Tang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, and Qing Dynasty!

For this round of online discussions, after summing up several times, the leaders of CCTV also decided to follow the advice of ordinary people and plan to conduct five consecutive dialogues with the Great Dynasty.

After several rounds of discussions, most of the opinions hope that Lin Feng can talk to the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, all the emperors of the Qing Dynasty will gather one by one, such as Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong...

After all, this is the era closest to us. Nowadays, almost half of the various film and television dramas are about the interpretation of the Qing Dynasty, and the audience is more familiar with them.

but.

Lin Feng shook his head.

He didn't have a good impression of the Qing Dynasty.

Decided to place it at the bottom of the list.

Therefore, in the new chapter of the show that talks about all the emperors of the Great Dynasty, Lin Feng decided to be the Han Dynasty.

why?
Blocked the third issue of "Tracing Back to China".

Except for Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, he has never had a conversation with any emperor of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, this point was also deliberately avoided by Lin Feng.

For more than 2000 years, the common people in this land of Kyushu have always been the Han nationality, the Han people, and it was the magnificent Han Dynasty more than 2000 years ago that gave them all.

It can be said that it is the root of all people.

Because of that, it's so thick.

So much so that Lin Feng was unwilling to desecrate the great Han emperors, or destroy their image in the eyes of future generations.

"Lin Feng, since you've made up your mind, let's go ahead and do it. You are young, courageous and courageous, and I believe you won't embarrass our central station." The old station said earnestly.

"Thank you, old director, I will do my best." Lin Feng looked confident, but his tone was a little weak.

"What's the matter? Too much pressure?" asked the old director.

"Old Master, you said that all the emperors of the Han Dynasty will gather together, including all the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, and even the Shu Han Dynasty?" Lin Feng said.

"It turns out that you are so confused. Do you know that Western Han or Eastern Han are the names used by our descendants to distinguish the Qing Dynasty. In fact, the two dynasties have always used "Han" as the name of the country. As for the Shu Han, it depends on you personally. If you are willing, if you are willing to let Liu Bei and Liu Chan from the Shu Han join, there is nothing wrong with that."

According to the old director, in fact, "Shu Han" is not accurate once.

Because when Liu Bei founded the country in Shu, he also referred to the country as "Han".

"What do you think, kid?" said the old director.

"If the emperors of the three generations of the Han Dynasty all gather in one place, the juniors worry that the scene will be too chaotic."

"If we just move the emperors of the Western Han Dynasty to a different time and space, I worry that the audience will not like it."

Lin Feng explained the reasons for his worries.

"The national prestige of the Han Dynasty resounds throughout Kyushu, and there are many emperors, so there is nothing wrong with it!"

The old director smiled and said, he obviously meant to let Uncle Liu Huang and Liu Chan also appear on stage.

Anyway, there are two more emperors, not too many.

Calculated so.

There were really many emperors in the Han Dynasty.

The Eastern and Western Han were from 202 BC to 220 AD, a total of 29 emperors established the country for 405 years.

List of emperors of the Han Dynasty:

Emperor Taizu of the Han Dynasty Liu Bang, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty Liu Ying, Emperor Shao of the Han Dynasty Liu Gong, Emperor of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty Liu Fuling, Emperor Fei of the Han Dynasty Liu He, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun, Emperor Han Yuan Liu Shi, Emperor Han Cheng Liu Ao, Emperor Ai Liu Xin of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Jin of the Han Ping, Liu Ying of the Han Ruzi, Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty, Emperor Liu Da of the Han Zhang, Emperor Liu Zhao of the Han He, Emperor Liu Long, Emperor Han'an Liu Hu, Emperor Liu Yi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Shun Liu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty Liu Bing, Emperor Han Zhi Liu Zan, Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty Liu Zhi, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong, Emperor Liu Bian of the Eastern Han Dynasty , Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie.

A total of 29 emperors.

In addition, Shu Han is 31, which may not be too many in film and television dramas. The on-site executive director can control it, shout through the loudspeaker, and arrange it through the on-site staff.

But Lin Feng was alone!
At most, add a girlfriend, Bailu.

Two hosts, two young people without the practical ability of "on-site director".

How can properly arrange the 31 ancient emperors?
But don't talk at that time, the scene is messy, the crowd is full of voices, and the show will be messed up.

"Boy, don't you always have a lot of tricks? I believe that this problem will not trouble you."

The old director left an expression of "I am optimistic about you" and left quickly.

joke.

This kind of headache problem is naturally solved by you young people.

Of course, the old director is also very reliable, and quickly found a few directors with rich experience in the station to teach Lin Feng how to manage order on the scene.

One last discussion.

Lin Feng and several directors unanimously decided.

The venue arranged in the program must be spacious enough, and there must be few idlers.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty went to court in the Xuan Room of the main hall of Weiyang Palace.

That is the seat of all civil and military officials, so there is absolutely no need to worry about the area.

In the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, dining etiquette was also highly valued, so it is possible to adopt the form of conversation while eating.

Speaking of dining etiquette.

It can be said that no dynasty can be as meticulous as the Han Dynasty.

Our Chinese banquet etiquette began with Zhou Gong, and it is recorded in "Book of Rites: Li Yun": "At the beginning of husband's ceremony, all diets began."

Of course, the earliest eating rituals must be directly related to the ancient rituals of worshiping gods. Later, in order to facilitate the adjustment of increasingly complex social relations, eating rituals gradually expanded from the communication between people and gods and ghosts to the communication between people, and became a thousand-year tradition. It has been a spiritual thought that has been respected by people for hundreds of years.

As one of the most glorious dynasties in the history of our country, the Han Dynasty has continuously enriched and developed its etiquette system, and established the national culture for thousands of years, including the improvement of national power and social development. and progressive banquet etiquette.

Its origin - the banquet etiquette evolved from the ritual of sacrificial food

In this way, the ritual banquets in this period were supplemented by the rulers with benevolence, righteousness, propriety, law and other connotations to regulate them, expand them into the ethical relationship between adults, and be accepted by the working people, and evolved into various A reasonable banquet etiquette.

Even the display of dishes has a set of etiquette.

Dishes placement - confusion between left and right

"Book of Rites·Qu Li" has detailed records about the etiquette of banquets in the Han Dynasty: "In all etiquette for eating, the left is confused with the right. The food is on the left, and the soup is on the right."

It can be seen that in the etiquette of banquets in the Han Dynasty, the specific placement of each dish cannot be neglected. For example, rice should be placed on the left side of the guests, soup should be placed on the right side of the guests, and so on.

For example, what about the order of seating during banquets in the Han Dynasty?
In order to reflect the relationship between the guest of honor, class relationship and each other's status, it is very important to determine the order of seating. The description of the position of the characters in "Hongmen Banquet" is a typical representative of the order of seating in Han Dynasty banquets, such as "King Xiang and Xiang Bo sit facing east, Yafu sits facing south, Duke Pei sits facing north, and Zhang Liang sits facing west".

It can be seen that in the banquet activities of the nobles in the Han Dynasty, sitting west to east was the most honorable, followed by sitting north to south, sitting south and facing north, and sitting east and west, the most humble, and King Xiang was sitting in the most spacious and most honored room. Dong Xiang, his status and arrogance can also be seen from this.

At that time, it belonged to meal sharing etiquette.

During banquets, the waiters will place low, small food tables in front of each person's seats, and place some lighter tableware on them, and those large and heavy tableware will be placed directly on the ground outside the table, and the banquet begins. At this time, the waiter will put each dish on the plate and serve, and the eater only eats his own food.

In the Han Dynasty, not only the guest of honor would share meals, but male and female guests would not sit together to eat. For example, in the picture of welcome banquet in the portrait of the Honglou Ancestral Hall in Tongshan District, the male guests wearing Jinxian crowns sit on the hall, while combing their hair. The female guests with high buns sit in the back room, which reflects the custom of "separate seats and not eating together" between men and women at that time.

Of course, there were too many dining etiquettes in the Han Dynasty.

In addition, musicians help wine, writers write Fu, warriors practice swords, monarchs and ministers ask their hearts, etc., three days and three nights can't finish it.

"With meal sharing etiquette, all the emperors can be arranged with just four verticals."

"As for what to eat, let's eat our modern food!"

"Hahaha, I heard that during Han Gaozu's time, he was so poor that officials traveled in bullock carts, so let Han Gaozu save some money!"

"By the way, the costumes of the emperors are slightly different in different periods. This must be arranged."

"It's fine to go to a big store to rent it. It's much cheaper on the Internet, and the group purchase price is very conscientious."

"White Deer can pass, it can show our modern environment, and women can hold up half the sky."

……

After finalizing many details, a new episode of the show is finally about to begin.

Early promos.

Lin Feng still didn't participate. With the director of Central Taiwan University in charge, he didn't need to worry about it.

For the next time, he was frantically looking up various Han Dynasty histories.

Do your homework.

In order to present the best visual and auditory effects for the audience.

As for renting the dragon robes of the Han Dynasty, it is completely unnecessary, since I have really traveled through the past.

And what about modern ordering?

There is no need to worry about this, just wave your hand and do whatever you want.

It is that in some modern kitchens, a few plates and dishes will be lost for no reason...

As for the modern dishes that the emperors of the Han Dynasty should eat.

Before Lin Feng walked out of the CCTV building, he had already thought about it.

All major cuisines come with one serving.

Plus a large skewer of beer escargot.

The appetite of this ancient man was not small.

Two days passed.

Before night falls.

Lin Feng and Bai Lu rushed to the studio and started to make arrangements.

How will the future images be transmitted to major live broadcast platforms?Still have to rely on the machine in the studio as a relay.

This journey through time and space.

The white deer will also set off together, and when they arrive at the palace of the Han Dynasty, they will arrange their seats. What are the names of the other dishes?how to eat?How to use dipping sauce?
All these trivial matters need Bailu's help to solve.

"Feng, are you sure you want the 31 Han emperors to taste modern dishes?" Bai Lu had some dumbfounding expressions on his face, as one could imagine, all the emperors were sitting on the ground, their dragon robes flying, majestic, and what happened in the end?But there are modern dishes, plates, bowls and chopsticks on the table. Isn't that picture too weird?

"It doesn't matter, when we talked to the ancient Huangdi Chi You, didn't they also taste modern dishes?" Lin Feng said.

"All right!"

Bai Lu asked again, "Do you remember all the emperors of the Han Dynasty, all kinds of complicated names, year names, posthumous titles, etc.?"

Lin Feng shook his head, "I can't remember."

White Deer, "..."

I can't remember their information, how can I have a conversation?
Lin Feng explained, "Our dining etiquette is the order in which the emperor ascends the throne. If you really forgot, just ask the person next to you."

Bailu smiled slightly, revealing an alluring face, and then lit up a book, "Let's bring a list of quotations from the Great Han Emperor, just in case."

Lin Feng also smiled.

He can even imagine the funny scene of facing an ancient emperor in the show, suddenly forgetting his name, taking out a book to check the difference, and then suddenly enlightened.

After debugging all the equipment, the two changed into Han Dynasty costumes, jewelry and so on.

Holding——

All stage lights come on.

Amidst the majestic classical music, the show finally began.

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(End of this chapter)